A welcome rest week

This is a rest week.  Truthfully, last week was a little lighter as well (a very busy week but a very relaxed weekend), but this is truly an easy week :)  the last 5 weeks have been around 15 hours of training per week..and I think this week might be 9.5 hours.  And that includes a 2 hour “go ride your mountain bike and enjoy!” ride.  Totally looking forward to it!

I expected to be a litttttle more antsy, now that it’s already Thursday and I’ve only done 3:10 total!  But I’m totally soaking up every bit of rest that I can.  I’m not even sleeping that much more (although I’m so tired!), but I think just mentally—I’m not having to plan things out days in advance, and figure out how to fit everything in, and constantly run over the schedule in my head, etc etc etc.  Just focusing on not thinking about it :)  That isn’t to say that lots of training is bad—I totally love it!  I just know that this is going to be a really good little break for me, and I’ll be hitting it hard again starting next week.

Speaking of—things are starting to get real!!  I can’t believe its mid-April already.  72 days to go.  Which sounds like a lot, but also sounds like nothing at all.  May is the only “full” month left to go so that’s kind of..weird!  I have no idea where the time has gone.

On the one hand, I don’t feel like I’m that much “better”….but I know that’s not true.  If nothing else, endurance is WAY up, even if I don’t think so!  But after those long hours of training, I can always tell “wow if I had tried this a few months ago, it would have been crazy!”  So, there’s that.  ESPECIALLY swimming.  I may not be fast, but I can keep going..and going..and going.  Plus, I know I have a ton more muscle than before!  That’s getting obvious.  Hello, legs!  And there's even some abs hiding underneath there, too ;)

Anyway, it’s even not too out of the question to start looking ahead and thinking about logistics!  Driving, packing, when, who, etc…  I can’t believe it.  I’m so excited.  But terrified.  But excited.

So back to how this is a rest week.  I think things feel so much closer now, because I know this is probably the last real, solid rest week I will have until taper time!  I’ll probably have a slightly “less” week between now and then, but nothing like this week.  And that is seriously crazy!

I also need to start really focusing on food—yes, while running and biking :) but also in general, like I really need to quit having like fifty “treats” a day.  I can get away with it with all the training, but if I limit it to ONE treat (not a million) it would probably be even better ;)  Couple months to really lean down a bit (I haven’t lost any weight, although I’ve gained tons of muscles so I’m fine with that!), and make sure everything is happy with my insides!